Is it only me who finds the linking between paedophilia and the ‘trans narrative’ grossly offensive?
I think we need to be careful about linking being trans per se with paedophilia- that’s a step too far and yes, that’s not ok.
At the same time, the more vocal end of the TRA lobby has some unpleasant views on children amd pornography. And that does need to be tackled.
Last week there was a thread about ‘transing children.’ If you’d like to take a look at it it’s interesting. I among others raised a point that by targeting non gender conforming children and by pushing them down an affirmative treatment route (rather than a wait and see route) which ends in hormonal and surgical methods, you create a class of what are effectively ‘permanent children.’ They will not have been through puberty. I find this extremely disturbing. Who’s interest is this in?
You also look at several very vocal voices in this movement and they are against censorship of underage child abuse (what they call porn.)
So yes, there is a link with one group within the TRA lobby. If I was a trans person I would be distancing myself from that section of my class pretty sharpish.